Building-block and manner of assembling.



7N0. 882,633. PATE-NTE'D MAR. 24, 1908. R. A. HARRIS. BUILDING BLOCK AND MANNER 0F ASSEMBLING.

APPLIOATIOH FILED 813120, 1906.

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i 'UI'.TJDING-BLQC-T AND RIANHEH OF ASSE"1"BLING.

No. 882,833. Patented March 24, 1908.

Application filed September 20, 1:305. Serial No. 335.338.

To (1U whom if mug; romrrrz: l lhose 'lilrods nun iurn al tho corner of the Bo it known llllli l. llmaicn'r Ia. llAlllllS. o. l null. us illuslrntml in uonnnclion with the in rosidvnVol' llurson, in lhv munly ol' linui nor wall. or may he soourod merely by tho zunl 'llurilory oi Arimnnz, huff iuwnlrd con I nrtion of the row-ring oomcnl placed thereon lain new and usolul lmnrovouu-nls in lluildj in {ho ruovos or NllSStS. llolvrnl tie rods ling Blocks and Mnnnor ol'u 'SO'lllillll T, are located in the grooves 3 of both Walls,

dd hereby derlzn'o ho following lo liln lull, r-wcu'rod in nuls. or OlhmViso, and securely ,olviir, and X1Kfl description ol the invonlion. 1 the parallel \vslls together. As many of such as will nihlv others SlIlilWl n lho n'l lo 1 i :r lnleral tll rods 7 nnrv he employed as is which it appvrlnins to nmlio and uslho l lnznd noucsszn'j and lihoy may he secured to smno. l n lrngiludnml rods as shown at l), or may My invention relates lo improvmnmils in 3 .J-ruro ornamental blocks 10 of any ornalnulding blocks and nnuinvr ol as. .mhlurg. noulnlron or othor parts such as olst, beams the object ol the invonliou lJllilfj lo proving gmlors or ollwrnooessziryparts ol building to 'lz l'hv walls, and lhe longitudinal rods 5 may nlso suouro ornamental blocks 11 or other ornuun-nlul or important fontnrvs to the wall, vii i1 i'rnlncs for window or doors and in fact, the lie rods Hlli ho disposld in n great vnri vty ol' ways lo oust secure the wall together and Willis nnl lhe usl-s lo nhirh lho wall is to no our. By ronstrurliug :1 wall of this type, any dnmnnoss vhirh may lind its way through the oulvr wall will not ho transferred to l, .i inner wall ns l horo is no connection b0- tn'von tho walls olhor than tho lio rods, and lhis great improwmonl over the hollow n'olls such as hrrolol'orv made where Lho inan improved building block having long: nol and lateral inlersmling giromus or ilcossos inat least one lawn, to rem-ire i rods to secure llfo blocks lo; hoi- :nnl lll l walls or pails oi llw sumo wall- :nn vonlion consists in csrlnin novel lo; oonsbrruztion and (10131 nations and u ments of parts as will )i) 17. fully hvrvinznjtel described and poinlo rims.

In the aocompnnyingl :nvnma perspective View of a. huil bodying my improvements. view illustrating ono form of lion, and Figs. 3, -il, 5, ll. 7. and

modifications. nor and onto wulls :n'v runnoclud l v into ral l ropresonts in unproven o-nn'l; or sonnoolou wolrs on lho walls.

Wlnoh is providod on onl i" ln all l'ho l l oi llio lli rods. u lilling' ol nerd in l-ho groovvs to surround tinlinal a rncess'il, and n srios of ink.

verse grooves or reoossos ll. s" muss.

mrablv )ro )orlionml so tin: ill Y ih-snrllwd mv lllYCllllUll what Q L it will he on (."Yfill div sion and tho lhiclun. an own width or height.

The blocks, which r posed ol. cement, com; 0' "I, are laid in tin. face up ,orinos z, and disposed meeting ends arranged say the mooring vn noted above the cm to rows above and below.

In building a double outr-r walls are 'gnlrullvl and now and desire lo szflurv by Lettersoi gnuullvl nulls, ouch ijll l'lih lnrviug nlining; ll hlorhs having ling l'rom side to d i'uwrsrrrilq llu: longitudinal 1. linad i i s nxlonding con- 1:? lio rods passing and tying the curing; means at Ull llll(llllfll 1nd lrnnsvorso llli lilners or at other points lwiw. all these colnn'lns may he nnnle in: ol' of said blocks 1 surely tied togsthor nbirnilion of two parallel walls mood llplll't and ouch composed or building liloclis, ouch bloc-h having a longitudinal groovv uxlonding from 0nd to end thereof and ezu-h block halving u transverse groove amending from side to sido thoreof,-tie

ill any dosirod nnaunrr. 1 Tie rods 5, are loonlod in tho longitudinal grooves 2, run longitudinally ol' 'lhv null and may be socnrecl at their ends by nuls n, or 1 rods sass said longitudinal and tz'ansveiss w 3. The sumbinst-ign with parallel Walls compesed 0i budding blsclzs each block lmvmtersecimg longltudlnal and transvei'se 1 grceves in iis upper face, each lon 'itudinal groeve amending from end to and 9f a block and transverse groove extending from side 0i bleak, l-tmgitudinal tie rods in said weaves securing 1111s bl Q55 01 a Wall -l zlvpeiulorlt of sanl blocks and' lngsther and transverse tie rods securing the two Walls together, columns lestween the 15 Walls, and. ornsmentslblocks secured to and l said blocks.

in testimony whereof, I have signed this psclficatlon ln the presence 01 lDWO subscnb- 20 l l l l sdawtecl to hem asainst the wall farmed b 1 l o 1 l i Witnesses;

ROBERT A. HARRIS.

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